Victor Boyhan

Senator
Victor Boyhan
Senator
Assumed office
27 April 2016
Constituency Agricultural Panel
Personal details
Born (1961-04-30) 30 April 1961
Dún Laoghaire, Dublin, Ireland
Nationality Irish
Political party Independent
Other political
affiliations		 Progressive Democrats
(1999–2004)
Website www.victorboyhan.ie

Victor Boyhan (born 30 April 1961) is an Irish Independent politician who served as a Senator for the Agricultural Panel since April 2016.[1]

He is a former member of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council.[2]

He was first elected to Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council for the Blackrock area at the 1999 Irish local elections as a Progressive Democrats candidate.[3] He lost his seat at the 2004 local elections but was re-elected in 2009 and 2014 as an independent candidate. He previously contested the Cultural and Educational Panel unsuccessfully at the 2011 Seanad election.

Boyhan is a close friend of retired Irish soccer international Paul McGrath with whom he grew up in the “Birds Nest” home on York Road in Dún Laoghaire and later down in Monkstown. McGrath mentions him several times in his autobiography 'Back from the Brink' and credits him with becoming one of the most outspoken voices in ensuring that Smyly Trust Homes would be covered under the State Redress Scheme, investigating the abuse of children.

References

  1. ↑ @OireachtasNews (26 April 2016). "Seanad Éireann - Result of the 13th Count - #25thSeanad #seeforyourself" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ↑ "2014 Local elections: Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council". Local Government. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  3. ↑ Victor Boyhan www.electionsireland.org


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